European history: medieval period, middle ages

New approaches to the political culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, considering its complex relation to monarchy and state.

The first study focusing on the composition of new plainchant in northern-French confraternities for masses and offices in honor of saints thought to have healing powersStarting in the fourteenth century, northern France saw the rise of confraternities and other lay communities of men and women, organized around trades and religious devotions dedicated to specific patron saints.

Examination of the role played by key figures around the monarchy in the Wars of the Roses.

The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare.

Wide-ranging examination of women's achievements in and influence on many aspects of medieval culture.

New insights into key texts and interpretive problems in the history of England and Europe between the eighth and thirteenth centuries.

First full-length account of St Stephen's Chapel, bringing out its full importance and influence throughout the Middle Ages.

First comprehensive study of miracles in Crusade narrative, showing how and why they were deployed by their authors.

An examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity.

A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusade, showing their complex relationship with the Bible.

The cataclysmic conquests of the eleventh century are here set together for the first time.

First full English translation of a major text, narrating the adventures of the Jouvencel whilst interweaving them with advice on military tactics and strategies.

An investigation of two manuals of inquisition reveals much about the practice in action.

First major survey of the German inquisitor Petrus Zwicker, one of the most significant figures in the repression of heresy.

The life of "e;that notorious woman"e;, Lucy de Thweng, is used as a prism through which to consider the agency of aristocratic women in the Middle Ages.

Offers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial in the twelfth century and onward.

An important new contribution to the emerging field of late medieval supplicatory cultures.

Bertrand du Guesclin was one of the main architects of the recovery of France.

Essays on costume, fabric and clothing in the Middle Ages and beyond.

An account of the naval commander Roger of Lauria and his command of warfare at sea.

SHORTLISTED for the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain's Hitchcock Medallion.

First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts.

Bertrand du Guesclin was one of the main architects of the recovery of France.

The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare.

An exploration of the influence of gender on the workings of memory in the Middle Ages, focussing on the non-elite.

First full-length study of the notion and concept of old age in early medieval England.

An investigation into three of the best-known cases tried under the Court of Chivalry reveals much about gentry military society.

The first modern edition of eight contemporary chronicles covering the Wars of the Roses up to the return of Edward IV in 1471.

First full collection on the seven most significant English mappae mundi from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

An account of the naval commander Roger of Lauria and his command of warfare at sea.

Drawing on documentary evidence dating between 1382 and 1522, this volume examines a single manor parish that was dominated by the powerful Mowbray family, the Dukes of Norfolk, and by Katherine Neville, widow of the second Duke,as part of her dower 1432-c.

John Gower's poetry offers an important and immediate response to the turbulent events of his day.

The physical nature of the medieval cartulary examined alongside its textual contents.

Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.

An examination of how academic colleges commemorated their patrons in a rich variety of ways.

The idea of what an "e;eyewitness"e; account is here scrutinised through examination of key Crusading texts.

Fresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence.

An exploration of the contours imposed on physical punishment by education, establishing how pedagogues accommodated violence into a system of rules, rituals and objectives.

The contexts for the works of eleventh and twelfth-century historians are here brought to the fore.

A re-evaluation of the mysterious "e;charms"e; found in Anglo-Saxon literature, arguing for their place in mainstream Christian rites.

The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

A fresh look at William of Malmesbury which not only demonstrates his real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also the breadth of his learning across a number of other disciplines.

Studies the manifestations of Edward the Black Prince in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

An interdisciplinary approach to a crucial part of the systems of medieval authority and governance.

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

A lavishly illustrated account of the buildings of the friars in the middle ages, bringing them vividly to life.

New perspectives on and interpretations of the popular medieval genre of the universal chronicle.

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'A triumph' Guardian'Glorious .

A new account of the life and turbulent times of Joan, the wife of the Black Prince and mother of Richard II.

Essays on the discipline of medieval history and its practitioners, from the late eighteenth century onwards.